ray wrote in
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:44:12 -0500, Lowell Holmes wrote:

Well, I do a lot of things backwards, I Googled after I posted the
question. The OP seemed interested because of price. I'm not sure any
imported wood will be low priced. Consider the cost of Ponderosa pine
at the borg. You can buy hardwoods cheaper. (I know, wood from New
Mexico is not imported - except in Texas it is. :-)

In the Houston area, you can buy rough ash about as cheap as any
thing, IIRC it's less expensive than red oak.


At HD, radiata pine is substantially cheaper than poplar, which is
cheaper than oak.



On the back of one of the better woodworking magazines was a feature on a
turner who used this wood, in particular because of the way the influence
of the branches extended all the way into the center of the tree. This
made for some spectacular turned bowls, with incredible grain patterns.

That is, if I remember this correctly, and it wasn't one of the old ones a
friend gave me.

Pine can be beautiful, done right. And the power company piles up the tree
trimmings to be taken away, no questions asked, so the price for green is
right....

Patriarch